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Show SALT LAKE CITY. Sights and Scenes in and Around the Intexmountain Metropolis. PLACES OP INTEREST TO VISJ.T0ES. A GUIDE TO THE TOURIST. Useful Information for the Investor, th Home-Seeker and the Visitor. Salt LakVi Location, Attraction and Climate. Garfield Beach and Other Summer Beiorta, Th city of Salt Lake has a fame whic reaches around the world. The population Is about 55.000, and Is Increasing at a rapid rato. It Is situated at the base of the Wasatch mountains in a lovely valloy, rich in agricultural agricul-tural resources and 1b eighteen miles distant fram Great Salt Lake. Its elevation above sea level is 4,350 feet. . There are many points of interest to visitors in the city and near It. Here are some of them: The Temple. This magnificent cream-white granite structure struc-ture was begun April 0, 1853. It is 100x200 feet, : the walls are 100 feet high, and the towers.when completed, will be 200 feet in height. Over $8,500,000 have been expended on the Temple, and it is now nearing completion. In the same Bquare with the temple is the spa- ! clous building called The Tabernacle. Here are held the services of the Mormon chnrch, and these are attended every Sunday hy immense congregations of people. both Mormon and Gentile. The structure is oval in shape, seventy-livo feet high and 50x150 feet in length and breadth. It has a seating capacity capa-city of ia.000 people, and hire may be heard what Is claimed to be the finest organ in th world. Puttl once Rang in the tabernacle, and demonstrated that its acoustic powers are very tine. The Gardo House, or Amelia Palace, wad bnllt by Brighara Young who willed that it should be the residence of his favorite wile, Amelia FolBom Young, but since his death it ha been used as the official residence of dignitaries of the church. ltrigham Young's Residences, known as the Boe-Hive and the Lion House j are old-fashioned structures, curious from associations. as-sociations. These are situated in what was once Urlghani Young's domain, all of which j has passed into other hands, save the largo lot in which is Brig-ham Young's Grave. j This can be reached by passing through the I Eagle Gate, an archway in the old mud wall, which atonetlmeencompassod Brigham's pri- I vate property. One or two of the prophet's 1 wives repose beshle his last resting place, j A slab of granite covers the grave and there Is ; space left nearby for the graves of his other wives. lleseret Museum ; This Institution Is situated on Smith Tempie ! street, directly opposite Temple sqnare. It contains a large number of Interesting curiosities, curios-ities, chiefly pertaining to the early history of I Utah. It is well worth a visit ! Prospect Hill Mwtth Its lookout tower commands a splendid 'view of the city and its surroundings. The Tithing HuUding possesses interest as being the general depot for taxes collected by the Mormon church from its disciples. Liberty Park, In the southeastern portion of the city is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid ; transit trains. The Chamber of Commerce, on Second South street, is visited by those who tako an interest in the commercial standing of the clly. There are several large cases con tainlng specimens of Utah's mineralogy which attract much attention. I The Grand Opera House, 1 on Second South street, is under able management manage-ment and is handsomely and comfortably titled up. Some of the best talent in the country coun-try is constantly passing between the Atlantic and the Pacific, and Salt Lake City is always made a stopping place for performances, either the opera house or the Salt Lake Theater being selected. This latter place of amusement amuse-ment was built by Brlgham Young oyer thirty years ago. It Is a large and beautiful temple and is comfortably arranged. j Assembly Hal, near the temple, is used in winter for worship bv the Mormons, the tabernacle being too large to admit of proper heating. Assembly hall is i laUxilS feet, and cost H15O.00O. The celling Is deo-ora'ted deo-ora'ted with church pictures, among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place ct the goloen plates to Joseph Smith. The Matatorium is a large circular bathing house, the center of which under a glass roof, is a swimming pool. The water is brought in pipes from Beck's Hot Springs. There are also a large number of bath rooms. Electric Street Cara connect with every point of interest in the city The system Is new and the appointment good. Rapid transit is assured. Camp Douglas, three miles east of the city and over 400 feet above it, is beautifully laid out in the midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of the officers are built of stone. 1 he nost commands a wide view of the city and beyond where Great Salt Lake lies like molten sliver at the foot of the western mountains. Beck's Hot Springs are in the northern part of the city about three miles from the business center. They Issue from the base of the mountains, and are regarded as a very valuable aid in caseB of rheumatism, dyspepsia and scrofula. The waters are used both internally in-ternally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house and necessary appointments for the eomfort of patients. The Warm Sulphur Springs are between the Hot Springs anrt the city, about one mile from the postomce. There is a good hotel and comfortable bath house in connection connec-tion with the springs, and they can be reached by street railway. The Mountains are unsurpassed in magnificent canyons, and at lelist a don of the grandest are within "ach of Uie cny. These fnvitethe tourist to soend cays, weeks or months amoug their wild recesses to ilsh. to hunt. Ko sea e the fjeaks and ridges, and to g ather wild .lowers Sy the sides of mossy springs, beuesth tne snade of umbrageous pines. Big ttflmvo-xi canvon should be en by every tourist. Sire are lake Mary and Martha from which Bows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and St the base of the mountains are lakes Blanche toreVe and Lillian. Besides these are Mills creek, Parley s, Emigration, and City Creek canyons, all extremely picturesque and delightfully rcmantic. Pleasant Drive abound in scores around the outskirts of the city; alg the quiet country roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich Seen alfalfa and fields of grain; wh lo the majestic mountains are never entirely lost Sat of From under the branches of trees and abov hedges of the wild dog-rose eiimnses are caught, of snow.covered peaks. A Irlve to Fort Douglas, and then a mile further on to the mouth of Emigration canyon is most ZKhtml It was here that the sight of tlmlSoraVon pioneers ws first made glad hv the vast expanse of Salt Lake valley sud-Senly sud-Senly bwsttog iponthem, on the Wth of July, 1S47' The Great Salt Lake. "I think " says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons per-sons realize how wonderfully, strangely beautiful this inland sea is.' and .speaking of lT, sunsets Phil Koblnson has said5: "Where have 1 not seen sunsets, by land and sea. In Asia Africa. Europe and America, and where nJn I sav I have ever seen more wonrlerous cofortng.moFe electrifying effects than, n tfw b nit on the Great Salt Lake of Ltah." Salt Lake is as beautiful a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves are a bright blue or green and as they dance on its surface it would be hard to tell which color P"1?-J W dotted with beautiful islands, and It affords the finest salt watr bathing in the world. Garfield Reach is within easy distance of the city, being but eighteen miles of a ride by train Here s four-' everv luxurv and comfort for a dip ia the mysterious sea. and also all the things nec-sarV nec-sarV for the comfort of the Inner man. The cafe affords enjoyable meaU at wasonab.e iriSiC and row boats are to be had for a ouiet ! SptnT on the waters whichposs a romantic I i,F,.rpst for every visitor. The management of Incommodations at Garfield Wh ! und''rthedlr,t',ionof heLnion Paclflc i way company, as ia that at Lake Park ' under the supervision of the Rio Grand West-I West-I em This resort is north of the city, about i way between Salt Lake and Ogden. and is ! much frequented by visitors, it ta similar in i attractiveness to Garfieid, and is well worth i w.u |